Shoreline Community College seeks additional emergency Building Evacuation Monitors (BEMs).

BEMs are SCC employees who volunteer to assist the SCC Incident Commander and Campus Security in the event of a campus emergency. Building Monitors help to evacuate a building or influence employees and students to stay in place during a wide range of emergency situations. Currently, there are 31 BEMs for the campus and coverage is needed for additional locations. We have a sensational group of employees that are willing to assist to help keep the campus safe when most needed.

In order to perform the duties, BEMs must have the following abilities:

• Fluent in English, able to write and speak clearly over a hand-held radio.
• Knowledgeable with the College’s Emergency Response Plan
• Able to maintain effective communication and problem-solving skills during emergencies of any type.
• Familiar with the campus, its buildings and evacuation assembly areas
• Able to attend occasional trainings and participate in drills. Supervisory approval is required for participation.
• Physically capable of expeditiously using internal and external stairs and traversing the campus’ outdoor environment.
• Able to operate small equipment such as a fire extinguisher, flashlight, hand-held radio.

First-level training for new Building Evacuation Monitors will be conducted on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 from 10:00-11:30am in Room 9201, 9000 Building. To join our great group of BEMs or for further information about the program, please contact Director Robin Blacksmith, Safety, Security & Emergency Management Director at ext. 4503 or email: rblacksmith@shoreline.edu.

Building Evacuation Monitors (BEMs) are Shoreline Community College (SCC) employees who volunteer to assist the SCC Incident Commander and Campus Security in the event of a campus emergency. Building Monitors help to evacuate a building or influence employees and students to stay in place during a wide range of emergency situations. Currently, there are 31 BEMs for the campus and coverage is needed for additional locations. We have a sensational group of employees that are willing to assist to help keep the campus safe when most needed.

In order to perform the duties, BEMs must have the following abilities:

• Fluent in English, able to write and speak clearly over a hand-held radio.
• Knowledgeable with the College’s Emergency Response Plan
• Able to maintain effective communication and problem-solving skills during emergencies of any type.
• Familiar with the campus, its buildings and evacuation assembly areas
• Able to attend occasional trainings and participate in drills. Supervisory approval is required for participation.
• Physically capable of expeditiously using internal and external stairs and traversing the campus’ outdoor environment.
• Able to operate small equipment such as a fire extinguisher, flashlight, hand-held radio.

First-level training for new Building Evacuation Monitors will be conducted on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 from 10:00-11:30am in Room 9201, 9000 Building. To join our great group of BEMs or for further information about the program, please contact Director Robin Blacksmith, Safety, Security & Emergency Management Director at ext. 4503 or email: rblacksmith@shoreline.edu.

Meet our new friends – the goat team!

Shoreline has enlisted the help of some furry friends to help get the blackberry bushes, Scotch broom, and other invasive plant species over by the track in check! Our goat team will be here every Tuesday through August 9, with some possible additional days depending on “processing” time. Head on over on your lunch break and say hello! They’re fenced in and safe to observe. 

SATURDAY, JULY 2nd – MONDAY, JULY 4th:
Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival:  The 40^th annual festival celebrating the maritime heritage of the Northwest at the Center for Wooden Boats in South Lake Union Park. Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday. About 9,750 people are expected to attend.

MONDAY, JULY 4th:
Seafair Summer Fourth: Annual 4^th of July celebration at Gasworks Park from 12 p.m. to 11 p.m. Fireworks show over Lake Union at 10:20 p.m. Expect significant impacts to traffic and parking in Wallingford, Capitol Hill and South Lake Union neighborhoods. About 65,000 people are expected to attend.

MARINERS SCHEDULE AT SAFECO FIELD:
Mariners vs. Pittsburgh, Wednesday, June 29, 2016, 7:10 p.m. About 21,000 people are expected to attend.
Mariners vs. Baltimore, Thursday, June 30, 2016, 7:10 p.m. About 19,000 people are expected to attend.
Mariners vs. Baltimore, Friday, July 1, 2016, 7:10 p.m. About 37,000 people are expected to attend.
Mariners vs. Baltimore, Saturday, July 2, 2016, 7:10 p.m. About 33,000 people are expected to attend.
Mariners vs. Baltimore, Sunday, July 3, 2016, 1:10 p.m. About 31,000 people are expected to attend.